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View synonyms for scape

scape

1

[ skeyp ]

noun

  1. Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
  2. Zoology. a stemlike part, as the shaft of a feather.
  3. Architecture. the shaft of a column.
  4. Entomology. the stemlike basal segment of the antenna of certain insects.


scape

2
or 'scape

[ skeyp ]

noun

, Archaic.
, scaped, scap·ing.
  1. an archaic variant of escape.

-scape

3
  1. a combining form extracted from landscape, denoting “an extensive view, scenery,” or “a picture or representation” of such a view, as specified by the initial element:

    cityscape; moonscape; seascape.

scape

1

/ skeɪp /

verb

  1. an archaic word for escape
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


scape

2

/ skeɪp /

noun

  1. a leafless stalk in plants that arises from a rosette of leaves and bears one or more flowers
  2. zoology a stalklike part, such as the first segment of an insect's antenna
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

-scape

3

suffix forming nouns

  1. indicating a scene or view of something, esp a pictorial representation

    seascape

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈscapose, adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of scape1

1595–1605; < Latin scāpus stalk < Doric Greek skâpos, akin to Attic skêptron staff, scepter
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Word History and Origins

Origin of scape1

C17: from Latin scāpus stem, from (Doric) Greek skapos; see shaft

Origin of scape2

abstracted from landscape
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Example Sentences

While the best beer is at Augustiner-Festhalle, my favorite tent by far is Hacker-Festzelt with its cloud-scape ceiling.

His little bro was a much bigger challenge for those desperate to scape-goat Islam.

Unlike the kneelers, they do not bow and scape to any man, not even the King-Beyond-the-Wall.

We can safely assume that the inner world of the Newtown butcher was a howling scape of night.

Kramer takes the reader into the uncharted waters of digital media and his latest concept: C-Scape.

"I'd want it a heap sight better land than this is 'round here," said the Deacon, studying the land scape judicially.

But, like all other hen-pecked husbands, on the back of the scape-goat Cunning, he fled away from the uplifted lash.

The origin of this strange custom was most likely connected in some way with the ceremony of the Scape Goat under the old Law.

It has two oblong shining leaves, with a scape four or five inches high strung with sweet-scented, pink-purple flowers.

If ol' Doc Bird's on the lan'scape, he hunts a hole an' he crawls in when Mr. Peth he begins to act up.

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